UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION
AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number:
1-1000
Sparton Corporation 401(k) Plan
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
425 N.
Martingale Road, Suite 1000,
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
(847)
762-5800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Plan interests in Sparton Corporation 401(k) Plan, par value $1.25 per share
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all
other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an
X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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Rule 15d-6
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Rule 15d-22(b)
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0*
* On March 4, 2019, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
Merger Agreement
), dated as of December 11, 2018 by and
among Sparton, Striker Parent 2018, LLC (
Parent
), a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (
Cerberus
), and Striker Merger Sub 2018, Inc., an Ohio corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (
Merger Sub
), Merger Sub merged with and into Sparton Corporation (the
Merger
) with Sparton Corporation surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result
of the Merger, all shares of common stock of Sparton Corporation, par value $1.25 per share, held under the Sparton Corporation 401(k) Plan (the
Plan
) have been cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment.
In light of the foregoing, on March 5, 2019, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form
S-8
Registration
Statement
No. 333-156388
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove from registration any and all securities of Sparton Corporation registered but unsold, which were offered under the
Plan. Therefore, interests in the Plan no longer require registration. Accordingly, this Form 15 is being filed to suspend the Plans duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including on
Form
11-K.